Montreal’s Killa-Jewel kicks it off this week with her track Tempo, then Beat Junkies legends J-Rocc & Babu bring a WWII Intro. Kid Koala’s project The Slew gives us 100% and 2econd Class Citizen gets us to Step Inside. JFB cuts together his Midnight (DJ Shadow) Routine and...
July 20th, 2013
posted by vane
Modern primitive is how the journey starts this week. Beginning with Nohon and moving into the modern didgeridoo of Wadhom. We bring an old Juno Reactor track called Solaris which introduces some throat singing and then we hear a really cool one from Huun-Huur-Tu. Throat singing with a modern...
March 16th, 2013
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We start it off with something a little different from the Bruce Peninsula choir featuring the voice of show-fav Austra. After that we dig deep into the subsonic frequencies with some bad ass bass from Nanoo and Informant. Hard beats after that Opiuo and we try to figure out how to pronounce...
December 8th, 2012
posted by vane
13 days till the end of the world and 16 more shopping days till Xmas. The show starts this week with old favorites, Suns of Arqa and their 1987 track He Did Not Die. Bill Laswell’s Material project goes Ineffect, with samples from William Burroughs. We continue the eastern vibe with...
September 1st, 2012
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Almost back to school on the Howe Sound System. The show starts this week with a banger from Austra, followed by another related project called Trust, and their track Dressed For Space. Fever Ray continues the darkwave vibe with the Familjen Remix of, If I Had A Heart. The show takes a turn...
August 4th, 2012
posted by vane
The show starts out this week in recognition of Dead Can Dance and their reunion world tour starting right here in Vancouver. We open with a lesser known track called The Writing On My Father’s Hand then play a couple of their classics. Towards The Within and The Host Of Seraphim. The...
June 2nd, 2012
posted by vane
A real journey through the genres this week. DJ Frane starts our trip with one from his Journey to The Planet of Birds, then Cut Chemist finds the groove and stays in the pocket with The Garden. Blockhead brings the Creepin’ and it gets thick and heavy in Amon Tobin’s Nepalese...
May 26th, 2012
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This weeks show starts off with the steady beats and dubby bass of Tonikom. Amorphous Androgynous speeds it up with Auto Pimp and we get back into the groove with Laura Palmer and their excellent track Distances. Byetone glitches it up and Pinch takes us into some Underwater Dancehall. Version...
May 19th, 2012
posted by vane
IDM flows this week on the HSS. Vector Lovers, and Sleepy Town Manufacture start the show with their glitchy, chopped beats and layered melodies. Tycho opens the space a bit with their driving bass, ambient grooves and we hear some new stuff from Yppah. Cheju takes us into some glitchy idm...